Paperasse

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 eine große Menge von offiziellen Dokumenten , 🇪🇸 gran cantidad de documentos oficiales , 🇮🇹 una grande quantità di documenti ufficiali , 🇵🇹 tédio, monotonia , 🇨🇳 大量官方文件 , 🇯🇵 公的なドキュメントの多い量 , 🇰🇷 공식 문서의 많은 양 , 🇸🇦 كمية كبيرة من الوثائق الرسمية , 🇮🇳 公स्तर के दस्तावेजों का एक बड़ा मात्रा

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Etymology

*Paperasse* is a 20th‑century French noun formed by adding the colloquial suffix **‑asse** to *papier* (paper). *Papier* itself comes from Old French *papier*, borrowed from Latin *papyrus* (the Egyptian papyrus plant). The word entered the language around the 1920s to denote a pile of paperwork, and later acquired the figurative sense of tedious, bureaucratic red‑tape.

Synonyms

bureaucratie formalités dossiers papier administratif documentation papeterie fichiers

Antonyms

simplicité facilité fluidité dématérialisation simplification